Check record



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mvENToR ATronNEY J. a. |.ARK|N CHECK RECORD r11-.d ngc. 2v. 1925 Sept. l, 1925.

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UNITED STAT y JosErnB. LAnxIN, Vor'V rAno ALTO, CALIFORNIA.

Y CHECK RECORD.

Application I-ed December '27, 1923. Serial No. 683,017.

ktainnew and useful Improvements in Check Records, fication;y y y 4 It is the object of my invention to provide a device wherein a check and Aa duplicate thereof are ysimultaneously 'punched at corresponding indicia, one check being detached for delivery to the customer and theother being retained in the device in such a manner as to providean vaccurate record of all checks disbursed. y

'In the drawing': L l v j L Figure 1 is.` Y plan viewl of the device.' n Figure 2 is a side elevation of thesame. @Figure `3 is anenlarged plan view on `3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure4 is an enlarged section on 4 4, Figure1.' Ly g Figure. 5 is an enlarged section on 5 5, Figure 1'. i

Figure 6 is an enlargedsection on 6 6,

of whichthe following is va speci- Referring more particularly tothe drawing', I show a case comprising'two side portions 1l and 2 having inwardly turned upper edges to form flanges 3 and 4 respectively.

Plates 1 and 2 are supported and spaced at their upper edgesby check supporting plate 5, this plate being spaced slightly below the flanges 3 4 to form grooves 6 7, and havtherein near one end as shown. y f

The side portions 1 and 2 have a shaft 10 passing therethrough carrying a roll of paper 11 having duplicate rowsy of consecu# tively numbered checks printed thereon as at 12 13, the outer end of the roll being inserted in grooves 6 7 at one end and passing therethrough to the opposite end over the orifices 8 9 in plate 5.

In the vpresent case the checks are designed for use on lautomobile bus lines, a device being mounted near the driver of each automobile and consequently each check has printed thereon, in their proper order, the names of the several points at which passengers are taken on in his'run, as indicated at 1415. Adjacent to each name is marked a circle as at 16 17 the same size as the orifices 8- 9 in plate 5, these circles being so placed as to pass directly over the said orifices as the strip is advanced through'the grooves.

To advance the strip through the device, I provide a shaft 18 revolubly mounted in side portions 1 2 and carrying wheels 19 20 provided with rubber rims, these wheels being sufficiently large to pass through grooves 21 22 in plate 5 and engage the under surfaces of thev paper strip passing tliereoverand press it up against the under sideV of rollers l92- 20a set inba-r 26. By

revolving shaft 18, therefore, in the direction indicated by the arrow, by means of handlel 23, the strip is moved forwardly as desired, the corresponding circles 16-17 of the two parallel rows of circles registering with the two orifices 8 9 at exactly the Sametime.

Any suitable means may be provided for simultaneously punching the two strips. In thei present instance I have shown a bar24 mounted for vertical movement on spring element 25, this elementV being mounted on bar`26 mounted on the forward end of the device and transversely thereof as shown.

Upon the underside of bar 24 are arranged n punches 27 28 in axial alignment with orilices 8 9. A momentarypressure on bar 24 Y will punch both rows of tickets at the same time, the spring element 25 returning the punchestoan inoperative Vposition when released.

In order to preserve one row or strip of checks on paper strip 11, the side plate 2 is extended forwardly a distance and provided with a fixed shaft 29 which carries a spool 30, the said spool carrying a sprocket 31 meshing with a similar sprocket 32 on shaft 18. When Vshaft 18 is rotated, therefore, to advance the strip as described, the spool 30 is automaticallyrotated therewith. Mounted on the center of shaft 18 to rotate therewith is a disc knife 33 passing through slot 34 in plate 5 and into a groove 35 in the under side of bar 26. The knife 3 3, therefore, lies of an automobile operating over a given line,

he punches the checks at the point the fare is received by pressing down on bar 2li, and also punches the same checks for the destination, the circles opposite the names of the said points being moved into position by turning handle 23. As the strip 11 is advanced the two strips of checks are positively separated by cutting disc 83, the punched check from strip 'l2 being torn olif by the driver and given to the passenger, and the other check similarly punched being rewonnd on spool 30 to be later inspected by the ol'ice in checking up on the fares received for the run. y

It is to be understood, ot' course, that While I have herein shown and described a certain preferred embodiment or the invention, changes in form, construction, and method of operation may be made Within the scope or' the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A device of the character indicated comprising a holder for a plurality of strips or' tickets having indicia thereon and joined along theiropposed longer edges to form an 'itegral Whole, means for advancing said strips 4through said holder, means for niutilating corresponding` points on corresponding tickets of said strips, and means for separating said strips as they are advanced through said holder.

2. A device or' 'the character indicated .comprising a holder for a plurality of strips or' tickets having indicia thereon and joined along their opposed longer edges to orm an integral whole, meansvt'or advancing` said strips through said holder, means for mutilating corresponding points on correspond- `ing tickets of said strips, and a cutting edge arranged in the path of travel ot said strips whereby to separate one from the other.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a holder, means for advancing a strip thereover, and means movable with the advancing means for severing the strip longitudinally.

Il. A device of the character described, comprising` a holder, spaced means for advancing a strip thereover, and means arranged between the spaced means for longitudinally dividing the strip by and during movement or the advancing means.

:1A device ot the character described, comprising a holder, spaced means for advancing a strip thereover, means arranged between the spaced means itor longitudinally dividing the strip by and during movement or the advancing means, and a compartment in line with one portion ot' the strip for receiving said portion, the companion divided portion extending freely from the holder for being readily grasped and severed.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a holder, spaced ieed Wheels or advancing a strip thereover, and a rotary cutter between the Wheels and movable therewith for longitudinally dividing the strip.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a holder, means for advancing a strip thereover, means :tor longitudinally dividing the strip as fed, and means for marking the strip prior to being divided and at spaced points on opposite sides of the line of division.

vJOSEPH B. LAR-KIN. 

